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  2. Learning disability - Wikipedia

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    Learning disability, learning disorder, or learning difficulty (British English) is a condition in the brain that causes difficulties comprehending or processing information and can be caused by several different factors. Given the "difficulty learning in a typical manner", this does not exclude the ability to learn in a different manner.

  3. Intellectual disability - Wikipedia

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    Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability (in the United Kingdom), [3] and formerly mental retardation (in the United States), [4] [5] [6] is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant impairment in intellectual and adaptive functioning that is first apparent during childhood.

  4. Neurodevelopmental disorder - Wikipedia

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    Intellectual disability, also known as general learning disability is a disorder that affects the ability to learn, retain, or process information; to think critically or abstractly, and to solve problems. Adaptive behaviour is limited, affecting daily living activities.

  5. People with learning disabilities ‘dying too young and from ...

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    People with learning disabilities were also more likely to be obese in their teenage years and young adulthood, the Nuffield Trust said, with an average of 7.5% living with a type 2 diabetes ...

  6. Disabilities affecting intellectual abilities - Wikipedia

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    There are a variety of disabilities affecting cognitive ability.This is a broad concept encompassing various intellectual or cognitive deficits, including intellectual disability (formerly called mental retardation), deficits too mild to properly qualify as intellectual disability, various specific conditions (such as specific learning disability), and problems acquired later in life through ...

  7. Fragile X syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by mild-to-moderate intellectual disability. [1] The average IQ in males with FXS is under 55, while about two thirds of affected females are intellectually disabled.

  8. Causes of autism - Wikipedia

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    Diseases such as measles can cause severe disabilities and even death, so the risk of death or disability for an unvaccinated child is higher than the risk for a child who has been vaccinated. [190] Despite medical evidence, antivaccine activism continues. A developing tactic is the "promotion of irrelevant research to justify the science ...

  9. Mental disorders diagnosed in childhood - Wikipedia

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    The diagnostic criteria necessary in order to diagnose intellectual disability consists of: A. Deficits in intellectual functions, such as reasoning, problem solving, planning, abstract thinking, and learning from experience. These deficits are confirmed through clinical assessments and individualized standardized tests.